The NLE AudioPedia series, our video-based audio encyclopedia, is an invaluable resource for sound engineers, musicians, students, educators and all audio enthusiasts. This eight installment is about Mixing and Mastering terminology.

AudioPedia - noun | Au·di·o·Pe·di·a | [aw-dee-oh-pee-dee-uh] An animated, short format video informational resource explaining in plain English all aspects of audio: acoustics, mixing, mastering, recording, digital audio terms, microphones, recording, and more.

Our AudioPedia series is a comprehensive video dictionary of audio terminology. Created by audio expert Joe Albano, this encyclopedia of technical terms is the ultimate audio reference tool. Here are the topics covered and defined in the eight installment of this authoritative series:

Mixing:
-Amplifier
-Mic Pre | Mic Preamp

Mixing - Filter | EQ:
-Filter - LowPass | HighPass | BandPass
-Filter Cutoff | Resonance
-Filter Slope | Pole
-EQ | Equalization | Parametric EQ
-Shelving | Peaking | Bell Curve
-“Q” | Bandwidth

Mixing - Dynamics:
-Dynamics | Dynamic Processing
-Compression | Compressor
-Limiting | Limiter
-Threshold & Ratio (Compressor)
-Attack & Release (Compressor)
-Make-Up Gain (Compressor)
-Hard Knee | Soft Knee (Compressor)
-Program-Dependent Compression
-Optical | Opto Compressor | LA-2A
-FET Compressor | 1176
-Variable-Mu Compressor | Fairchild
-VCA Compressor | dbx | SSL
-Parallel | NY Compression
-Sidechain Processing - De-Essing
-Sidechain Processing - Ducking
-Expander | Noise Gate

Mixing - Delay:
-Delay Line | DDL
-Delay Time
-Modulation
-Feedback
-Flanger | Flanging
-Chorus | Chorusing
-Double | Doubling
-Phaser | Phasing
-Echo | Slap Echo

Mixing - Reverb:
-Reverberation | Ambience | Rt60
-Reverb Chamber
-Plate Reverb
-Spring Reverb
-Algorithmic Reverb
-Convolution Reverb
-Impulse Response | IR

Mixing - Distortion:
-Distortion | Overdrive (FX)
-Harmonic Distortion
-Tube
-Transistor
-Transformer
-Tape Saturation
-Digital Distortion
-Bitcrusher | Lo-Fi

Mastering:
-Buss Processing
-Mastering
-Linear-Phase (Processing)
-Multiband Compression
-Brickwall Limiter
-True Peak (Metering)
-Loudness Maximizer | Maximizing
-Loudness War
-Audio Repair
-Spectral Processing

So join audio expert and trainer Joe Albano and get a deep understanding of audio terminology with the AudioPedia series!

AudioPedia 108
Mixing and Mastering
58 videos | 81 minutes | by Joe Albano